So I decided on a few changes today:

-No body kit (that means a stock body)... I figure between the h22 swap (the one I'm leaning heavily towards) and the Ground Controls, I'll have enough ground clearance problems with a stock body.
-The wheels will stay black
-I'm about 95% certain I'll be doing an h22 swap (The b18 would be easier, but I know I'll be happier with the h22's power)

 

good to hear, cause i dont care for a body kit style

tho i would keep the stock AC system...

im trying to get my friends 94 AC system from him cause he is removing it, he has most of it removed so i hope to get it before he desides he wants to put it back in.LOL and buy what every i have to make it work and just hope a ac shop wont charge me to much to fill the system...
cause i realy miss my AC even more in the winter now! dam windows fogging up like crazy!

 

I'd love to keep the a/c, but 160 ft/lbs of torque is damn tempting... the only thing that really concerns me about the h22 swap is whether or not I can even do it (this being my first swap)... especially since it'll be a transmission conversion, too.

Anyway, here's what I figure with the a/c situation... I plan on getting those nice thin jdm window visors... that way, if it's raining, I can roll the windows down an inch or so, and I won't have to worry about the windows fogging up. I'm not even worried about how cold the air blows... in the spring/summer/fall, my windows are down until speeds hit about 65 (when the wind noise starts drowning out my stereo lol). Now in winter, I'm not even worried about it... I'm fairly sure this car will be undriveable in the winter (200hp on a fwd? I have a hard time not getting stuck with my pathetic 125hp lol), so I think I'll look for a cheap (under $1k) winter beater with ac next fall.

*edit: d***it! Now I'm starting to reconsider the b18... For the price of an h22 ($4k, more or less), I could do the b18, get an i/h/e, and still have some money left over for misc. stuff. Not to mention the b18 will more or less drop right in (as opposed to spending a few hours trying to cram the h22 in the engine bay)

 

Lol the guessing game begins again. so many choices

 

okay, well after sleeping on it, I've decided I'm going with the b18. This being my first swap, I'd like things to be as easy as possible (not to mention I'm not sure I'm willing to give up a/c and p/s on a dd)... I do still plan on doing an h22 swap to a civic eventually... I think this fall I'll start looking for an eg hatch for a winter beater, then next summer I'll start building that (and swap in an h22), too.

Now I need to decide what b18c I'm getting... I kid on honda-tech wrecked his eg hatch, and he's now parting literally everything out (I've already talked to him about the stuff I'll need for a trans. conversion)... he has a gsr engine, b16 trans with an ls 5th gear... I'm not sure if I should talk to him about that, or just order a stock b18c from HMO

 

I realized today that I have a lot of parts waiting to go on the car:

All I need now is a car to put these on... oh, wait

And the annoying list... things that need to happen before all these parts can go on
-B18 swap (not lowering it before the swap)
-I need to pick up a wheel stud
-I need a twin-loop muffler
-I need an oem rear bumper (mines cut up from when I had dual exhausts)
-I need oem side skirts
-I need an amp



Oh, and in case anybody cares, I decided I'm getting the b18c from HMO since the lsd transmission will be nice to have during winter... but my parents are making me figure out things like where I'm doing the swap and who's helping me before I can order it... I'm not allowed doing the swap in my garage because my dad refuses to believe that you can swap honda engines in a weekend... He thinks the car will be sitting in the garage for at least two or three weeks (because that's how long it took him to swap engines back when he was into modifying cars)... honestly, if me and my friends start the swap on friday afternoon and aren't done by sunday evening, I'm probably going to stab myself out of embarrassment. But the swap will definitely not happen until it gets nice enough to ride my bike... I need a method of transportation for the few days I can't drive my car (especially if for some reason I don't the car driveable by monday morning), and I don't feel like driving a ford expedition lol

 

Damn that sucks about the garage, so where else would you be able to do it?

 

yeah, I know... I have two ideas right now:

1) use a friend's garage (not sure whose yet)
2) my dad rents two storage sheds outside of town to keep all his construction stuff in... I'm hoping I can talk him into letting me clear out enough room for my car and doing the swap in there

I'm hoping for option #2 right now... that way, I could work on the swap any time I felt like it (instead of being on someone else's schedule)

 

hey bro i have a great pioneer amp for sale if your interested

 

hell just go rent a storage space yourself large enough to fit your car and another 5foot or so area infront of the car if you can!

if you got all the mounts and such the swap isnt to bad at all...
hardest part about pulling my blown z6 out of the car was the dam axles. they stuck like a ****!!!!!
other than that if you got all the parts its not hard at all...
a typical engine hoist and some ratchet straps worked great for me! i used the ratchet straps to angle the motor right in.
also word of advice take off the side smaller mounts from the brackets. then the dang thing should slide right up without to much trouble at all.
if i ever pulled it out again id have my drivetrain out in no time at all! 2 hours and i could have it out of the car completly! just one of those things that after your first pull it gets ALOT easier cause you know the small things that try to hold the setup in the car.LOL

wish ya luck! but if you do ever decide to pull the AC system just remember to seal all the lines!!! i would use some silicone and some heatshrink tubing over all the lines that are not removed off the car and then with the lines and compressor that was pulled be sure to seal those tubes also! that way if you do decide to reinstal it later on you dont have to worry about debri in the lines or them rusting up as well....
or you can ship all the parts to me LOL